Behavior: DruglessTrip

Turn it on and it turns you on. So claims Michael Shulman, 31, a New
York publicity agent and creator of Op-Tickle, a psychedelic electrical
toy that, he says, is just as groovy as grass, and a lot safer than the
ubiquitous weed.

Shulman's invention is just a bit more than a pipedream. The human brain
insistently finds patterns where none exist. With this in mind, Shulman
built his toy, a circular arrangement of Christmas-tree lights. Plugged
in, they flash on and off in colorsred, yellow and bluebut in no
rhythmic pattern. Still, the mesmerized viewer, if he turns on some
music,...